CHINESE FOSSIL FIND SHOWS BIRDS SHED THEIR DINOSAUR TAILS STEP BY STEP
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A fossil found in China suggests modern birds shed the long, bony tails of their dinosaur ancestors through a step-by-step process, rather than a sudden evolutionary transition as previously believed. The transition to a short, feathered tail was one of the most important steps in the evolution and survival of birds, the only living group of dinosaurs to survive a mass extinction event 66 million years ago.
“The evolutionary assembly of the flight-adapted bird body plan encompasses some of the...
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- News - South China Morning Post: A fossil found in China suggests modern birds shed the long, bony tails of their dinosaur ancestors through a step-by-step process, rather than a sudden evolutionary transition as previously believed.
- News - South China Morning Post: The transition to a short, feathered tail was one of the most important steps in the evolution and survival of birds, the only living group of dinosaurs to survive a mass extinction event 66 million years ago.
- News - South China Morning Post: “The evolutionary assembly of the flight-adapted bird body plan encompasses some of the...
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- Topic: CHINA — the feed headline centres on CHINESE, FOSSIL, FIND, SHOWS, BIRDS.
- Original feed: News - South China Morning Post.
- Published: 18 Jul 2026, 05:00 UK.
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